MINDLESS MUSINGS

I don’t know where the car came from, but it was copping a hammering in the park. My mates were taking turns thrashing it around the large reserve. I ended up in the passenger seat while Rob was taking his turn. He was spinning it so hard that grass was coming in through my window and hitting me in the face.

He ended up spinning it out and stopping not far from where everyone was standing. We could see Ed running towards us waving his arms above his head. I had to stick my head out the window to hear what he was yelling.

“The car’s on fire! The car’s on fire!”

I just remember yelling “Run!” and jumping out of the car.

I ran over to where everyone was gathered and Rob was close behind me. We turned to see the front end of the car smoking and burning. There was no explosion like in the movies and the fire slowly simmered down so I don’t reckon we were in that much danger. It was actually kind of a fizzer really. Nothing substantial actually happened, so this one is probably one of the least exciting stories in the series.

However, the fact still remains that Rob had thrashed a car to the extent that the motor actually caught on fire and I was his passenger. There was undoubtably alcohol and pot involved. Any number of horrific things could have happened and my imagination reels with potential injuries or death. Luckily it ended well and we all moved on to the next stupid activity we could participate in that might maim or kill us.